6 preliminary leaves, 229 pages : 24 cm

Maps on lining papers

Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-218)

Mountain men -- A North Carolina family -- Early life in Missouri -- Preacher and missionary -- With the Osage Indians -- Changes in the Indian trade -- The first Santa Fe survey -- As a mountain man -- Bill Williams, master trapper -- Piracy on land -- Passing of the fur trade -- Fur trading with the Indians -- Trapping and Indian fighting -- The Fremont Expedition of 1848 -- Failure, retreat, and starvation -- The end and vindication -- Notes

Illustrations: Old Bill Williams at Cochetopa Pass / Marjorie Thomas -- Arabella Williams, sister -- Micajah Williams, nephew -- Main building of Harmony Mission / Lucile J. Stevener -- An Indian sugar camp / John C. McRae after Captain Charles S. Eastman -- Statement of furs shipped by Major G. C. Sibley between October 1, 1808, and June 30, 1810 -- Receipt given by James Bridger, August 6, 1812 -- Specimens of Old Bill's signature -- Rev. [Reverend] William C. Requa, on of the early missionaries at Union Mission on the Verdigris River, Arkansas -- Major George C. Sibley in 1805 / from a painting in Lindenwood College, St. Charles, Mo. [Missouri]

Maps: Sketch map of areas in Colorado and New Mexico in which there occurred important events in Bill Williams' career as guide / William Bork -- Map illustrating events in the life of Old Bill Williams

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